Erin Cunningham
@erinmichaella
EDUCATION
2007 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art University of Texas, Austin, TX
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COLLECTIVES
Founding member of ICOSA artist collective, 2015-present, Austin TX
Texas Sculpture Group
International Sculpture Center
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Refinement: Work by Erin Cunningham, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
2020 “Navigational Instruments: Work by Erin Cunningham and Sarah Hirneisen , ICOSA Collective, Austin TX
2018 These, Our Precious Scars: Works by Erin Cunningham and Alyssa Taylor Wendt, ICOSA Collective, Austin TX
2016 Figure/Heads- David Bae and Erin Cunningham, ICOSA Collective, Austin TX
2014 of a Delicate Nature: Works by Erin Cunningham, Grindstone Gallery, San Antonio TX
2011 Elemental Topographies: Works by Erin Cunningham, COOP Gallery, Nashville TN
SELECT GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Collective Thoughts: Icosa @ Antenna, Antenna Collective, curated by Marcela Correa, New Orleans, LA
2022 fer précieux, Kommunale Galerie Rathaus Johannisthal, Berlin, Germany
CraftTexas 2022, curated by Andres Payan Estrada, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX
Points of Convergence: Works by Erin Cunningham, Andrea De Leon, Mai Gutierrez, Deanna Pastel, Icosa Collective, Austin, TX
Texas Sculpture SLTX, Art Museum TX, Sugar Land TX
Spatial Harmony, Icosa Members Show, Icosa Collective, Austin TX
Austin Studio Tour, Studio Sin Fin, Austin, TX
Red Dot Art Spree, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2021 Femme Abstract, pop-up show curated by Moya McIntyre, Austin, TX
ON THE BAYOU: Texas Sculpture Group Exhibition, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
Existential Evocations, Clamp Light Studios and Gallery, San Antonio, TX
The State of Sculpture: an All-Member Exhibition of the Texas Sculpture Group, Juried by Johannah Hutchison, Executive Director of the International
Sculpture Center, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo TX
METAL: Works Made of or About Metal, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
En Mass: Icosa Collective group exhibition, Masur Gallery, Lockhart, TX
2020 Third Coast National Biennial by K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
Mask Collection, Curated by GD Wright, Vault Stone Shop, Austin
Featured artist at HIGH-CRAFT Art Market, presented by Dug Fresh Productions, Austin TX
2019 Warmly Persuasive Curated by Andy Campbell, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA
FLASH COLLECTION Curated by GD Wright and Meghan Shogan, Vault Stone Shop, Austin, TX
Transformation | Verwandlung, Atlelierhaus Hilmsen Resident Artists Exhibition, Monchskirche Salzwedel, Germany
Repurposed, curated by Erin Cunningham and Amanda McInerney, ICOSA Collective, Austin TX
Cardinal Kindreds, curated by Teréz Iacovino, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis MN
National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Juried Exhibition, juried by Carrie Johnson, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
2018 Feminum, curated by Loren Schwerd, Landmark Art Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
Solid Gone, curated by Ben Woodson, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes Barre, PA
In the Belly of the Beast: A Metal Casting Exhibition, curated by Stacey Holloway, Stephen Smith Gallery, Birmingham AL
Women with Their Work III: Materiality, curated by Jessica Dallow and Peter Prinz, Space One Eleven, Birmingham AL
“Chiaroscuro: probing mystery, seeking clarity” curated by Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, ICOSA Collective, Austin TX
Natural 20, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles CA
2017 From Eden to Oblivion, ICOSA Collective members show, curated by Jade Walker, ICOSA Collective, Austin TX
Juried Exhibition at The National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Juror: Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham AL
XX8 Biennial Invitational of Female Artists, Fisch Haus Gallery, Wichita KS
Good Mourning, Tis of Thee, Co-lab Projects, Austin TX
2016 The 12th Annual People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin City Hall, Austin TX
‘Disparate Mythos: Women of Sculpture’, Dimension Gallery, Austin TX
Paved Garden Dimension Gallery, Austin TX
Cross Current International Exchange Show U.S-Japan, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls TX
INVITATION Northern-Southern Gallery, Austin TX
2015 3rd International Exchange Show US-Japan 2015, Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo Japan
Iron Tribe Exhibit 2015, Burris Hall Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas NM
Texas Atomic Iron Commission: Selected Works, Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, LA
Post-Japan Exhibit for Texas Atomic Iron Commission, Virginia Shore Gallery, Abilene Christian University, Abilene TX
2014 Crossing Lines: Contemporary Art from Coast to Coast, Curator: Josef Zimmerman, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
Texas Sculpture Group 2014: A Panoramic View, Juror: James Surls, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Figuratively Speaking, International juried exhibition of contemporary art and the human body, Rymer Gallery, Nashville TN
*Astreisk Big Medium, Austin TX
“Art on the Green” 2014 Sculpture Invitational, Juror: Kurt Dyrhaug, Kemp Center For the Arts, Wichita Falls TX
In Space: Texas Sculpture Group Members Show, Dougherty Art Center, Austin TX
2013 American Art Today: Figures, The Bascom Center for Visual Arts, Juror: Jonathan Stuhlman, Highlands, NC
A Fresh Dozen, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Advanced Young Artists 2013 Exhibition, AMOA-Arthouse, Austin, TX
Summoned: Cast Metal Sculpture, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2012 Texas Sculpture Symposium, COOP Gallery at San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo TX
Texas Atomic Iron Commission Exhibition, Burris Hall Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas NM
Reflections of Food, Art Folk Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2011 Texas Atomic Iron Commission Exhibition, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco TX
Elemental Topographies: works by Erin Cunningham, COOP Gallery, Nashville TN
Scott + Cooner: Work by Erin Cunningham, Scott + Cooner Gallery, Austin TX
Arrested Form, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont TX
2010 Everything Must Go, Lite Box Gallery, Birmingham, AL
6th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art: Artists Exhibition, Kidwelly Industrial Museum, Kidwelly, Wales
Art and Architecture Show: LOOK, curated by Deborah Page, private residence, Austin, TX
BAER 2009 Resident Artists show, BAER Art Gallery, Hofsos, Iceland
2009 New American Talent 24, Juror: Hamza Walker, Arthouse, Austin, TX
Wearable Art- Biennial Jewelry and Fiber Show, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
The National Cast Iron Art Exhibition, 2009 Conference at Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
Women’s Works 2009, Honorable mention, Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL
2008 Alumni Show, DFA Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Tangible Transience, Mimosa Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
“A Woman’s Work is Never Done” Mimosa Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
Texas Atomic Iron Commission, University of Texas at Permian Basin Department of Visual Arts, Permian Basin, TX
2007 Parts of the Puzzle, Please, Curator: Mel Ziegler E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center, Nashville, TN
CRAFTHOUSTON 2006, traveling juried show, Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX
CODA: Part 1, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Creative Research Lab, Austin, TX
2006 Making It Together, Creative Research Lab, Austin, TX
“Not Done Yet”, Ox-Bow Art Gallery, Ox-Bow School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI
CRAFTHOUSTON 2006, Juror: Suzanne Ramljak Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Thoughts Materialized, SNAG Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL,
IRON 2006: Exhibition featuring Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture, Curator: David Lobdell, Ironbridge, UK
2005 In Triplicate, The Southwest School of Art and Crafts, San Antonio, TX
Fever, works by current MFA students, Creative Research Lab, Austin TX
2004 Chicago Metal Arts Guild Group Show, Lill Street Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2003 Undergraduate Exhibition for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 1, Chicago, IL
AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Grand Jury Award Finalist for Manifest Gallery's17th exhibition season
2019 City of Austin Community Initiative Grant Award Winner, Austin TX
2014 Director’s Choice Purchase Award, Rymer Gallery, Nashville TN
2006 Graduate travel grant, University of Texas at Austin
2006 Ox-Bow School of the Arts Fellowship, Saugatuck, MI
2006 Graduate travel grant, University of Texas at Austin
2005 Crain Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at Austin
2004 Hughes Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at Austin
PRESS AND PUBLICATION
Voyage Austin, Rising Stars: Meet Erin Cunningham http://voyageaustin.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-erin-cunningham-of-east-austin/?fbclid=IwAR2IXte9zRjsKbOVFrWdNPF4cCcn2OtWtupFQiuSzBwuKeME_VcajCQr8Bs
Sightlines: Texas Sculpture Group plans book https://sightlinesmag.org/texas-sculpture-group-plans-book
Artist Feature: Erin Cunningham https://www.bigmedium.org/artistfeatures/erincunningham
The Austin Chronicle, “Figure/Heads: David Bae and Erin Cunningham”, 2016
Austin Fusion Magazine, Jeana Bertoldi, “Erin Cunningham: Artist, Experimenter and Metal Enthusiast, 2013
The Tennesean, Jones, MiChelle, “Sculpture Breaks Molds: Work by Erin Cunningham,” 2011
B-Metro, Levine, Brett, “Pounded Into Shape”, STUDIO interview with Erin Cunningham, Birmingham, AL 2010
Austin Chronicle Brenner, Wayne Alan, “New American Talent Twenty-Fourth Exhibition”, Austin Chronicle, Austin, TX 2009
Nashville Scene, Critics Pick, “Parts of the Puzzle, Please” Nashville, TN October, 2007
Making It Together, Rivera, Katia, “Erin Cunningham,” Austin, TX 2006
Fever Catalogue, Campbell, Andy, “Get Rid of Those Love Handles!” Austin, TX 2005
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2022 Atelierhaus Hilmsen Markerspace, Hilmsen, Germany
2019 Atelier Haus Hilmsen Markerspace, Hilmsen, Germany
2011 Visiting Artist in Residence at Sloss Metal Arts, Birmingham AL
2009 International Artist-in-residence at BAER Art Center, Hofsos Iceland
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2021 University of Houston, Houston TX
2021 Texas Women’s University, Denton TX
2018 Collin College Art Department, McKinney, TX
2018 Emporia State University, Emporia Kansas
2016 Texas A&M Corpus Christi, TX
2015 University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler TX
2011 University of Montevallo, Montevallo AL
2008 Artist Lecture in conjunction with 3-person show at Vanderbilt University
CURATED/JURIED SHOWS
2023 Co-Curated "Dream States", ICOSA Collective, Austin, TX
2019 Co-Curated “Repurposed”, ICOSA Collective, Austin TX
2018 Co-Curated “Prima Materia”, Pump Project Gallery, Austin TX
2015 Selected Curator for the 2015 “Art of the Green” Sculpture Invitational Exhibition
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2019- Present Assistant Professor of Practice, Area Head of CORE III, Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin
2012-2019 Lecturer, 3D Foundations, Sculpture, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2012-2013 Lecturer, Metalsmithing, 3D Foundations, University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
2011-2012 Instructor, Beginning and Intermediate Metals, Samford University, Birmingham AL
2011-2012 Adjunct Instructor, 3D Design, Sculpture, Foundry, University of Montevallo, Montevallo AL
2010-2011 Adjunct Instructor, 2D Design, 3D Design, Beginning Metalworking, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2009-2010 Visiting Assistant Professor, Foundations, Sculpture, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2007- 2008 Visiting Assistant Professor, Drawing, 2D Design, 3D Design, Sculpture, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2007 Instructor of Record, 3D Foundations, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2004- 2006 Teaching Assistant, Metals Department, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
COMMISSIONED ART AND COLLECTIONS
Elemental Topography 1, Tom Smith, Austin, TX
Elemental Topography 2, Museum Tower, Dallas TX
Elemental Topography 3, Deborah Page
Elemental Topography 4, Bohn House, Austin TX
CONFERENCES and PANELS
National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Birmingham AL, 2019, Invited Panelist
International Sculpture Conference, Kansas City, MO
Texas Sculpture Symposium, 2012, 2013, 2014
6th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art in Wales, UK 2010, Invited Panelist
Mid America College Art Association, 2008, Indianapolis IN, Invited Panelist for “Old Guard/New Guard”
Keen Symposium, Invited sculptor, 2007 Keen Foundry, Houston, TX
5th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Ironbridge, UK, exhibition